Every time news breaks of a weird injury sustained by a professional athlete, most people’s immediate inclination are to assume it has to do with professional baseball. Whether something happens during the regular season or in the offseason, MLB leads all pro sports in the almost unbelievable injury category.
In 2005 it was then-rookie for the Colorado Rockies Clint Barmes, who broke his collarbone after slipping and falling carrying deer meat. In 2013, Carl Pavano slipped and fell while shoveling snow at his home and ended up taking the handle of his snow shovel in the abdomen, causing internal bleeding and an emergency room trip to the hospital.